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   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   A Democratic state politician in Texas is flipping to the Republican Party   
   for her final four months in office.   
      
   State Rep. Shawn Thierry published a statement to social media on Friday   
   decrying the Democratic Party's march into the "progressive abyss" after   
   she lost her primary for supporting a GOP-led bill protecting minors from   
   gender transition procedures.   
      
   "The Democratic Party has veered so far left, so deep into the progressive   
   abyss, that it now champions policies that I cannot, in good conscience,   
   support — policies like promoting sex changes for children during a   
   vulnerable stage of their lives, and dismantling Title IX protections for   
   women in sports," Thierry wrote.   
      
   Thierry said because of her break with the values of her party, she will   
   serve her final few months in office as a member of the GOP.   
      
   "I now stand with the party of Lincoln, the party that fought to preserve   
   our Union and fought to end the atrocities of slavery," she added.   
      
   Thierry lost to primary challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons during a runoff   
   election in May.   
      
   TEXAS ANNOUNCES OVER 1M INELIGIBLE VOTERS REMOVED FROM VOTING ROLLS SINCE   
   LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION   
      
   A major factor in her failure within the Democratic Party is believed to   
   have been her support for a 2023 Republican bill that barred gender   
   transition for minors.   
      
   "Mothers around our country from all backgrounds, races, and communities   
   understand that it’s our sacred duty to preserve the innocence of our   
   children, protect them from being sexualized, and sterilized," Thierry   
   wrote. "To respect universal truths, and to uphold the rights of   
   biological women as defined by science, nature, and common sense."   
      
   "I will not be alone; I will be with millions of courageous women and men   
   of good conscience, who are willing to place people over political   
   ideology," she concluded.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-state-representative-flips-gop-   
   says-democrats-have-plunged-progressive-abyss   
      
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